I've tried a number of photo book companies over the years, and there seems to be a problem across the board with printed images coming out rather on the dark side. They always look fine on my PC, but the Photo book results have been less than consistent (and yes, my screen is calibrated.)

I've been told that it is due to the conversion between RBG and CMYK, and one person suggested increasing the brightness of my images by 5% before uploading.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? Have you found a Photo book printer who strikes the right balance between a good product and a reasonable price ?